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Over 80 publicly flogged in Afghanistan in past month amid human rights co
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
More than 80 men and women have been subjected to public floggings across Afghanistan over the past month, raising alarm among human rights groups about ongoing abuses and a lack of judicial transparency under Taliban rule.
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Chopra flogging incident: West Bengal police make second arrest
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
According to police sources, the arrested person identified as one Amirul, is the aide of Tajmul Haque, alias JCB the prime accused who is already in custody.
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Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to 8 years in prison and flo
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has been handed an eight-year prison sentence, as reported by his lawyer.
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SC slams Gujarat cops for public flogging of Muslim men in Kheda
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the contempt proceedings against four police officials of Gujarat, who were sentenced to 14 days of imprisonment by the State High Court in October 2023 for flogging five Muslim men in full public glare after tying them to poles at Undhela village in Kheda
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UN experts call on Taliban to end "brutal" forms of punishment
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A group of UN-appointed ten Special Rapporteurs, including Richard Bennett and members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, called on the Taliban to end "brutal and undignified" forms of punishment, including stoning, flogging, and burying people under walls.
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UN calls on Taliban to halt flogging, executions in Afghanistan
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Human Rights Chief of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Fiona Frazer, in a statement said the Taliban's corporal punishment is against international law.
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Imprisoned children in Iran suffer sexual violence, electric shocks: Amnes
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Citing a report by the Rights group Amnesty International, CNN reported that child detainees in Iran are facing severe torture and are facing sexual violence, flogging and electric shocks by the authorities in the country.
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Taliban publicly flog nine convicted of robbery and "sodomy"
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Local authorities and Kandahar residents were in attendance during the lashing. The spokesman for the provincial governor, Haji Zaid, said the convicts were lashed 35-39 times.
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Afghanistan: UN experts call on Taliban to immediately halt public floggin
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
UN experts are deeply aggrieved about a public execution and that flogging has resumed in Afghanistan and call on the de facto authorities to halt immediately all forms of torturous, cruel and degrading forms of punishments.
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Taliban flogging of 20 people brings back hardline practices of old regime
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The lashings allegedly took place at the sports stadium in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of southern Helmand on Wednesday, Khaama Press quoted Mohammad Qasim Riyaz, a spokesperson for the governor's office as saying.
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Taliban defends public execution, calls punishment is "divine command"
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A spokesperson for the Islamic Emirates, Bilal Karimi said, "The execution yesterday took place after many investigations, which were aligned with Islamic (law). All sides should not have any concern in this regard and should respect it."
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Taliban defends public execution, terms criticism as 'interference' in Afg
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement said that their action was criticised due to a lack of information about Islam and Afghanistan.
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